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THE 

THIRTY-FOUR COMMON 

TENNIS ERRORS 

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THE MILLION PLAYERS 

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THE REMEDIES 

ALSO 

A THEORY OF CAMPAIGN 

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INTRODUCTION 

The tennis primers teaching the rules and 
elements of the game relate to facts usually 
learned from friends, and therefore are little 
read. 

The facts regarding grips and strokes are 
also easiest learned by imitating your friends 
and therefore Mr. Yaile's admirable work on 
that subject is neglected by nine players out 
of ten. 

The elaborate books by illustrious players 
are accorded that degree of interest due to 
celebrity and due to the entertainment afford- 
ed by biography, history of the sport, accounts 
of matches and theories on all conceivable 
topics. 

But the average player really yearns for only 
one thing in print, namely, to 'be told what his 
errors are and how to correct them. 

The thirty-four common simple errors dis- 
cussed in the next few pages cannot elsewhere 



6 Spalding's Athletic Library 

be found in print without laborious search 
through long books of irrelevant matters and 
through the drawing of difficult deductions. 
Practically the errors and remedies are "con- 
cealed" rather than "set forth" in these elab- 
orate treatises. 

This book will avoid the topics which have 
been mentioned as lacking interest and con- 
fine itself to the common errors, their reme- 
dies and the theories relevant thereto. It will 
include a general theory of campaign never 
before set forth. 

Its value is its usefulness. 

Its novelty is that it presents desired facts 
which can be found elsewhere only with the 
greatest effort, and presents them concisely and 
grouped with an approach to system. 

The man who makes no errors is not invaria- 
bly the best to give advice, because he is apt 
to overlook entirely w^hat he considers almost 
impossible "fool" mistakes and his technical 
instruction sometimes passes the under- 
standing of the mediocre player. The most ser- 
viceable tips to the poor players come usually 



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from those little better than themselves. In 
short, in some ways only a "dub" can teach 
a "dub," because only he understands "dub- 
ness." The writer claims no special personal 
tennis-playing proficiency, but merely thirty 
years of observation as player and spectator 
and the ability to analyze the cause of error, 
to prescribe in usable form the appropriate 
remedies and arrange them with an approach 
to system. 

"Pressing^^ Contrasted With Under-play. 

The most important errors are the wrong 
selection of degree of speed, twist and close 
placement, and I therefore take this as the 
principal starting point in arranging a dis- 
cussion of errors. 

The two most general, most persistent and 
most harmful errors relating to degree of speed, 
twist and close placement are the two oppo- 
site characteristics of too great zeal and too 
great caution. The former I will call "press- 
ing" (adopting the golf term) ; the latter I 
will term "underplay" (as I seem to lack an 



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established single word with sufficiently accu- 
rate meaning) . Practically all players have to 
a greater or less degree either one characteris- 
tic or the other, and probably a majority of 
players succeed in cultivating both of these 
contrasted faults by varying from one to the 
other. In this class cultivating both charac- 
teristics are : 

(1) Those who for a time press all shots and 
then for a time under-play all shots, and 

(2) Others who simultaneously combine the 
two faults by pressing at all times on certain 
kinds of shots and by under-playing at all times 
on certain other hinds of shots. (The most 
common examples of the latter are those un- 
duly pressing their first serves while unreason- 
ably under-playing their second serves.) 



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THE ERROR OF *' PRESSING" 

This golf term "pressing," I use as mean- 
ing the employment of too much force and 
endeavor and especially for the using of the 
"very last available ounce" of energy in a 
given stroke, when that last ounce is entirely 
unnecessary and changes what would other- 
wise be a controllable safe play into a play 
that becomes both wild and unreliable. 

"Pressing" appears most persistently in the 
following eight cases. 

I. 

The Error of "Pressing" in the "Over- 
Fierce" First Serve. 

I mean where the first serve is invariably 
made with such extreme fierceness that it goes 
into court only such a small percentage of 
times that it cannot be justified as worth 
while by any manner of mathematical calcu- 
lation whatsoever. It is probably the most 



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expensive error on the average among any hun- 
dred players we might select at random. 
Damage — 

(a) It practically wastes the server's most 
valuable opportunity, his chance of winning 
an ace or at least of securing a good attack, on 
the first service where he dare take a chance. 

(b) It usually results in his second service 
being made unnecessarily slow (for it must be 
considerably different from the impossible 
reckless first serve) and the change in form 
renders the control of the second serve less 
exact and necessitates playing it slower than 
would be the case if the two serves were more 
nearly alike. 

(c) The adversary derives the advantage 
that he can practically rely on the first ball 
going out and can also rely on the second ball 
being a very easy one. 

Remedy — 

Decide that you will put at least five (or 
seven) out of every ten first serves into court, 
and slow up enough, so that you do it (keep- 
ing count of them till the error is cured). 



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II. 

The Error of Pressing in the "Over-Fierce'' 
Top- Spin Drive^ Backhand. 

I mean where it is played so rashly that it 
goes in court less than 60 per cent, of the time. 

Damage — 

The point is deliberately thrown away and 
the over-fierce player of this shot usually does 
not succeed in mastering the shot so long as 
he continues the over-fierce method. 

Remedy — 

Play them for a time, not merely a little 
slower^ nor merely at medium pace, but play 
them as slowly as you can for a time until you 
secure control of the play with 80 per cent, 
accuracy and then gradually increase speed, 
but all the time see that you are keeping the 
accuracy above 80 per cent., or if it falls below 
that, then again temporarily reduce the speed. 

III. 

The Error of Pressing in an "Over-F^ierce" 
Top- Spin Drive, Forehand. 
Pressing is not so often a characteristic of 
the top-spin drive, forehand as it is of the top- 



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spin drive, backhand. Where it applies, the 

same damage results and the same remedy is 

applicable. 

IV. 

The Error of Pressing in Playing a Level 
Shot from Back Court to an Adver- 
sary AT the Net (Instead of Lobbing 
Over Him or Playing an Opening Beside 
Him). 

Damage — *' 

The adversary probably kills it with a cross 
court play and you have deliberately thrown 
away the point. 

Remedy — 

When caught in that position, unless reason- 
ably certain of the side opening, make yourself 
lob. (See elsewhere herein a discussion of 

lobbing.) 

V. 

The Error of Pressing in Playing a Top-Spin 
Drive When Taken Lower Than the 
Top of the Net and Within Ten or Fif- 
teen Feet of the Net. 
You have to play up on it in order to raise 

it over the net and few players in playing up 



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on a ball so close to the net have sufficient con- 
trol of the drop of the top-spin drive to be 
certain of having it strike the ground before 
it passes the back line. When this shot is 
attempted within ten or fifteen feet of the net 
it is impossible for many who play it easily 
when taken twenty-five or more feet from the 
net. Many who fail repeatedly, refuse to rec- 
ognize the difference between the two situa- 
tions. 

Damage — 

The point is wasted. 

Remedy — 

If you believe you can play top-spin drives 
on low balls within ten or fifteen feet of the net, 
first try using extra twist and a slower speed 
(both of which changes will increase the 
drop). If they still refuse to go into court, 
you must give them up and use some other style 
of stroke for that particular position. 

VI. 

The Error of Pressing in Playing Over- 
Hard ON A Difficult "Get." 
When the difficulty of getting to the ball to 



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play it at all has been so great as to render the 
playing of it inaccurate, then it is usually un- 
wise to increase such inaccuracy by attempt- 
ing speed, twist and placement. 

Damage — 

The point is thrown away. 

Remedy — 

Try to play it safely, deferring the effort 
to win until a later shot. 

VII. 

The Error of Pressing in Trying to Play a 
Fierce Smash or Other "Kill'' When 
THE Circumstances do Not Justify a 
Keasonable Hope That You Will Ac- 
complish A Kill and There Is Not a 
Sufficient Percentage of Probability 
OF Your Play Going Into Court. 

Damage — 

You throw away the point. 

Remedy — 

Either slow the play enough so that it is 
reasonably safe or else substitute a different 



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style of safe stroke and wait for a better chance 
before you try to make a winning shot. 

VIII. 

The Error of Pressing Also Appears in 
Other Shots in Other Positions^ Where 
BY Extra Speed^ Extra Twist, or Extra 
Close Placement, the Play is Made Un- 
necessarily Reckless. 
A mathematical computation will show that 
you need to put from 60 to 90 per cent, of most 
kinds of plays into court in order to win, and 
if you so play that a smaller percentage than 
that go into court, then you are pressing. 

Damage — 

The points are thrown away. 

Remedy — 

Decide what percentage of that kind of shot 
you must put in court in order to win and 
then slow up enough so you think you will 
attain that percentage. Try to test the result 
by keeping mentally some kind of count. If 
the result remains unsatisfactory, substitute a 
safer style of shot. 



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THE ERROR OF **UNDER.PLAY'' 

Under-play is the use of less speed and less 
twist and less closeness of placement than 
could be used with profit. You do not play 
hard enough to make winning shots and your 
easy shots give your adversary an opportunity 
to make kills. 

"Under-Play" Appears Most Persistently in 
the following ten cases : 

I. 

The Erroe of Under-Play in Using Less 
Speed Than You Could Safely Use. 

For instance, in neglecting a safe opportu- 
nity to smash, or in playing any shot too 
slowly, without reason. 

( Discussion of the exceptional intentionally 
slow shot is omitted. ) 

Damage — 

(a) You miss the immediate winning of 
those points which the greater speed would 




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have kept entirely out of your adversary's 
reach, and 

(b) Those you would have made him fail 
to return, and 

(c) On those he returns you give him more 
time and an easier play, so that his play is 
bound to be more effective. 

Remedy — 

Make yourself use as much speed as is rea- 
sonably safe and keep track of whether you 
are continuing to use it. 

II. 

The Error of Under-Play in Using Less 
Closeness of Placement Than You 
Could Employ With Profit. 

For instance, in playing right into your ad- 
versary's hands, when you might safely try to 
pass him at the side. 

Damage — 

You lose many points (as previously (in I.) 
noted). 



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Remedy — 

Force yourself to play as close to the desired 
point as is reasonably safe. 

III. 
The Error of Under-Play in Using Less 
Twist Than Could Be Safely Used With 
A Profit. 
For instance, in playing straight shots when 
your top-spiu drive would be safe and make 
your play stronger. 
Damage — 

You lose many points (as previously (in I.) 
noted). 
Remedy — 

Force yourself to remember to use twist 
where it is likely to be serviceable. 

IV. 
The Error of Under-Play in Failing to Use 
THE Combination of Speed, Placement 
AND Twist, When You Could Use Them 
Safely With Greater Effectiveness. 

For instance, using only one quality on your 



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serve when the three qualities combined are 
within your control with safety and would 
strengthen your service. 

Damage — 

You lose many points (as previously (in I.) 
noted). 

Remedy — 

Force yourself to use the most effective com- 
bination of speed, twist and placement. 

V. 

The Error of Under-Play in the Extremely 
Easy Second Serve. 

This is probably the most expensive particu- 
lar under-play on the average among any hun- 
dred players we might select at random. 

Damage — 

It deliberately throws away the advantage 
of the attack possessed by the server. 

Remedy — 

Reduce any differences between the first and 
second serve until the two serves are nearly 
similar, which will considerably increase your 
accuracy in handling the second serve. With 



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the accompanying increase in accuracy will 
follow a safe increase in speed of the second 
serve. A very great increase in speed is often 
effected without any increase in the percentage 
of double faults. 

VI. 

The Error of Under-Play in Playing All 
Shots and Particularly Top- Spin Drives 
So That They Strike Only Half Way 
Back in Court Instead of Striking 
Near the Back Line. 
Damage — 

This enables your adversary to play many 
feet further forward than he otherwise would 
and thereby gives him considerable advantage. 
Remedy — 

Keep in mind the matter of placing them 
well back in court. 
Exceptions — 

(a) The intentional easy play to fore-court 
when your adversary is very far back. 

(b) The play to your adversary's feet, and 

(c) The cross-court near the side line. 



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VII. 

The Error of TJnder-Play in Kefusing a Safe 

Volley and Instead Going Back to 

Play the Ball on a Bound. 

Damage — 

(a) You are further back and can play less 
effectively. 

(b) Your adversary is given extra time to 
get ready for the play. 

Remedy — 

Make yourself volley. If you do not know 
how, learn how. 

VIII. 
The Error of Under-Play in Unnecessarily 
Delaying Play on a Dropping Ball. 
Damage — 

(a) You lose the easier opportunity to play 
it into court from a higher point. 

(b) You give your adversary the additional 
time to get ready. 

Remedy — 

Rush forward and play it while still high 
and get that habit. 



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IX. 

The Error of Under-Play in Lobbing When 
A Level Play is Reasonably Safe 
AND More Effective. 
Damage — 

(1) It weakens the attack, and 

(2) Gives the adversary a chance to smash. 

Remedy — 

Force yourself to keep in mind the idea that 
before you lob you will look for the alternative 
of a reasonably safe level shot. 

X. 

The Error of Under-Play in Failing to 
Advance Between Plays When Your 
Adversary is in Back-Court and You 
Believe He Cannot Drive Past You at 
THE Net. 

Damage — 

You lose the opportunity to attack. 

Remedy — 

Keep the idea of advancing in mind, using it 
when you can until it becomes a habit 



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THREE ERRORS OF POSITION 
I. 

The Error of Not Keeping Ready to Play. 

(a) In failing to move to the most desirable 
place, and 

(b) In failing to keep the entire body in 
position ready for play. 

When finishing one play you should already 
be starting toward that place which will best 
enable 3'OU to defend your court against the 
next play of your adversary. Even if you 
reach that desired spot and there is time to 
spare, you should not assume any unready po- 
sition, but 

REMAm 

(a) With knees bent. 

(b) With body crouched forward, and 

(c) With the head of the racket lightly held 
in the left hand (probably in position for a 



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backhand play, for most persons can make the 
change to the forehand position more quickly 
than the change to the backhand). 

There is hardly ever an instant when you 
should not he moving. 

If your adversary is to play from his back- 
line, you should be advancing to the net; if he 
is to play from inner court, you should be re- 
treating to your back line. If you have been 
forced to the side, you should be rushing back 
to center. 

Damage — 

If you fail to keep moving you lose the edge 
on the attack (you make poorer plays or no 
plays, and you lose the game if other things 
are at all equal). 

Remedy — 

If you will remember to keep moving, then 
most of the rest of it will take care of itself. 
But particularly remember to come forward 
when your adversary is hack. 



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II. 

The Error of Failing to Have Your Feet on 
Two Points of a Line Parallel With 
THE Direction of Play at the Time of 
Starting a Stroke Either Forehand or 
Backhand. 

That is, your side is toward the direction of 
play. 

Otherivise your plays are weak and clumsy. 
The only exceptions are a few unusual serves. 

III. 

The Error of Failing to Stoop With the 
Face Low When Making a Straight 

Play on a Low Ball. 
(Of course you would not stoop low in mak- 
ing a top-spin drive. ) 

Damage — 

If you do not get low in playing a straight 
shot on a low ball, you are less certain of get- 
ting it and much less accurate in your play. 

Remedy — 

Remember to stoop for low balls until it be- 
comes a habit. It is particularly necessary 
when playing straight shots in receiving low 
crooked-bounding serves on your backhand. 



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FOUR ERRORS RELATING TO 

MENTAL CALCULATION 

AND ALERTNESS. 

I. 

The Error of Keeping the Top-Line of the 

Net in Your Eye, Instead of Keeping the 

Back Line of the Court in Your Eye. 

Over 90 per cent, of players play more into 
the net than they play over the back line, while 
the reverse should be the rule. 

Damage — 

1. The plays are short, lacking in speed and 
permit the adversary to play further forward 
than he otherwise would. 

2. The adversary is saved the trouble of de- 
ciding whether to play it or take a chance 
that it may go out. 

How very expensive this error is to certain 
players may be found by comparing the num- 
bers of their nets to the number they drive 
over the back line and that will give only a, 
part of the actual damage. 



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Remedy — 

Deliberately make yourself perform the men- 
tal operation of remembering the back line and 
then you will forget the net. 

II. 

The Error of Failing to Notice the Par- 
ticular Twist or the Absence of Twist 
IN Your Opponent's Play (Especially 
When You Are to Play It on the 
Bound as When Your Opponent 
Serves.) 
Damage — 

You are not so Tvell prepared for the irregu- 
lar bound as you might have been if you had 
noticed, so you miss or make a poorer play. 
Remedy — 
Remember to notice this until noticing it 

becomes a habit. 

III. 

The Error of Deciding That You Will Play 

A Particular Shot Before You Know 

What Kind of a Ball Is to Be Received 

by You. 

(This idiosyncrasy only applies to certain 



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persons. Sometimes they seem to say to them- 
selves, "Now I will play such a shot'' (or per- 
haps a number of such shots), and then they 
proceed to play them whether suitable or not. 
It is absurd, but not so rare as might be ex- 
pected. ) 
Damage — 
Obvious. 
Remedy — 
Don't. 

IV. 
The Error of Trying to Improve Your Play 
When Seriously Working to Win (and 
THE Corresponding Error of Trying to 
Win When Working to Improve Your 
Play). 
Damage — 

If you try to do both at the same time, you 
do little of either. 
Remedy — 

Concede to yourself that for that set you will 
do the one (letting the other slide), and then if 
you stick it out that way you will accomplish 
something. 



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TWO ERRORS RELATING TO 
PARTICULAR PLAYS 

I. 

The Error of the EIGE BOUNDING Easy 
Play (Most Often the Serve) Especial- 
ly When Near the Net (and Particu- 
larly When Near the End of the Net). 

( I am not referring to those very fast, fierce 
twists which only can be received forty feet 
from the net, but to the easy play which is met 
in inner court.) 

Damage — 

This easy EIGE BOUNDING play is pun- 
ished much more severely than it would be if it 
bounded LOW and it can be driven cross-court 
or down the side line. This is the most ex- 
pensive error of the average beginner and of 
many an older player. 

Remedy — 

Play (or serve) 

(a) Close to the net, 



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(b) A level ball, 

(c) Perhaps with side-cut underneath, 
which three things all tend to make it bound 
low, 

(d) Place it near the center of the court, 
and 

(e) As far back from the net as possible, 

(f) Or you may take the opposite remedy of 
speed and drop, giving fierceness to the high 
bound, and it then is no longer easy to receive. 

II. 

The Error of Refusing to Lob When 
Necessary. 

When you are in back-court and the net 
seems covered by your adversary so that he is 
likely to kill your level play with a cross-court, 
then you have no option except to lob. 

When you are driven so far out to the side 
of the court that you will lack time to return 
before the next play (and you are not making 
a kill), then your sole way of gaining the re- 
quired time is in making a very high lob. 



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Damage — 

Many reckless shots are thrown away when 
safe lobs are possible. 

Remedy — 

Particularly when you are in back-court and 
the net seems covered by the adversary, remem- 
ber to lob. 



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FOUR ERRORS IN DOUBLES 

I. 

The Erroe^ in Doubles^ of Failing to Keep 
Beside Your Partner. 

The old game with one front and one back 
left many more uncovered openings and there- 
fore was much weaker. 

Remedy — 

Keep beside your partner at all times, 
whether advancing or retreating (except that 
one stands at the net when his partner serves 
until the ball is in play). 

11. 

The Error, in Doubles, of Not Going to the 

Net for the First Play, When Your 

Partner Serves. 

The net position greatly limits the receiver's 
play and you frequently "kill" his return of the 
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III. 

The Error^ in Doubles, of Standing Near 
THE Net While Your Partner Is Receiv- 
ing THE Serve. 

Damage — 

If your partner happens to play into the 
hands of the adversary at the net, the adver- 
sary has a wide oblique opening to play be- 
tween you and your partner. 

Remedy — 

Stay beside your partner. 

lY. 

The Error, in Doubles, of Failing to Give 
Advice to Your Partner. 

You usually have a partial side view of 
the ball your partner is to volley and there- 
fore can tell better than he whether it is going 
beyond the back-line. If you believe it out, 
say quickly, "out.'' If you are in doubt and 
he could play it on the bound, say "bound it.'^ 

If your partner has had to turn his back 
to the net in running back for a play so that 



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he may have missed seeing the adversaries run 
to the net, then warn him to "lob." 

If the ball comes between you and your part- 
ner, either take it yourself or else say "play 
if This decision is usually made by the part- 
ner nearer the net if there is a difference. If 
the partners are where they belong, equally dis- 
tant from the net and the ball is equally dis- 
tant from them and on the center line, then 
the advice should be given by the better player 
of the pair. 

The worst failure to give advice is when it 
occurs in connection with a feint toward play 
followed by leaving it for the partner to play, 
which is almost certain to spoil his play. 



Spalding's Athletic Library 35 



TWO ERRORS IN REGARD TO 
THE GENERAL CAMPAIGN 

I. 

The Error of Failing to Keep Track of the 
Different Effects Produced on Your 
Present Adversary by the Different 
Styles of Strokes and Plays at Your 
Command. 

This error is, of course, combined with the 
failure to detect, select and press the particu- 
lar styles of play which prove effective. 

Damage — 

The error of failing to do this should be suffi- 
cient to cause you to lose the game, if you and 
your adversary are at all evenly matched. 

Remedy — 

(a) Try playing his back-hand, 

(b) Try rushing him back and forth by 
playing first one corner and then the other, 

(c) Try drawing him to the net by a short 
play and then lobbing over him, 

(d) Try top-spin drives, 



36 Spalding's Athletic Library 

(e) Try straight balls, 

(f ) Try undercuts and chops (in particular 
these trouble some players who rely on top- 
spin drives), 

(g) Try change of speed; that is, one or 
two fast and then one or two slow. 

(h) Try staying back, 

(i) Try coming to net. 

If you are uncertain whether a particular 
method (or particular stroke) is profitable or 
unprofitable, give a preference to it for a time 
and compare the result with the results fol- 
lowing the other methods (or following the 
other strokes). 

If the results are close and you are in doubt 
whether a particular stroke is profitable or un- 
profitable you may under some circumstances 
try the method (which has been satisfactorily 
used by the writer at times when the doubtful 
stroke was being used frequently and when the 
general mental problems of plays were not 
especially absorbing) . This method of keeping 
a mental tally is as follows: 

Ignore all other kinds of plays and ignore 



Spalding's Athletic Library 37 

all the plays of the doubtful shot which merely 
go into court without definitely deciding the 
wdnning or losing of the point, counting only 
those which win or lose the point. Do not 
try to remember two numbers, but just one. 

To illustrate : If in doubt whether your top- 
spin drive is profitable, keep count (not 
\^^hether it is going into court or not), but of 
just those instances when you see it lose the 
point and when you see it win the point. Keep 
the score mentally as follows: If lost, "one 
had"; if followed by a win, mentally note 
"even"; if followed by three more wins, note 
"three good" ; then, if followed by one lost, sub- 
tract and note "two good." You are thus able 
to keep track, by having only one number in 
mind at a time. If the figures stay on the 
"good" side, then that shot is worth while; if 
they stay on the "bad" side, then abandon that 
shot against that opponent (or at least do so, 
unless you are being beaten anyway and all 
your other shots when tested, prove worse) . 

Caution — 

But keep in mind the accompanying effect of 



38 Spalding's Athletic Library 

any especial element of exhaustion involved in 
any particular play or style of play, on the part 
of either yourself or your adversary. 

11. 

The Error of Failing to Work Out That 
Particular Degree of Rashness or Mod- 
eration IN Your General Play Which 
Cannot Successfully Be Met by Your 
Present Adversary. 

This is the element which finally determines 
most close matches. Regarding it, see the fol- 
lowing theory : 

A Theory (Never Before Stated) Upon 
Which to Conduct a Match. 

You must select that particular degree of 
rashness or rrwderation in your general playing 
which will overcome the particular adversary 
"before you. 

This is labeled, "A Theory Never Before 
Stated," which is believed correct, but you will 
notice the refraining from calling it a ^^NEW 
theory, which refraining is because the prin- 



Spalding's Athletic Library 39 

ciple probably has been unconsciously followed 
by most players. But though followed, it 
seems never to have been stated. The nearest 
approach to stating it has been the very dif- 
ferent advice to "try out the adversary to find 
which particular style of strokes are successful 
against himJ' 

It is true that the selection of the "style of 
strokes," in the case of certain strokes, affects 
the "rashness" or "moderation'' of the play, 
but not in the other cases ; nor is the "selection 
of style of strokes'' in any general way the same 
thing as the "selection of the particular degree 
of rashness or moderation of the plays." Most 
of the strokes may be played either rashly or 
moderately. 

Under this theory the "rashness" depends 
upon the degree in which the plays possess 

(1) Speed, 

(2) Twist, and 

(3) Close-placement. 

The rashness may include all three or any 
one or a combination of any two of these ele- 



40 Spalding's Athletic Library 

ments. It is most often concerned with speed, 
but if the player has a predilection for twist 
or placement, then his particular rashness is 
apt to consist mainly in that characteristic. 
This threefold "rashness" is as great a fault 
as "moderation," and as great a virtue. That 
is, the extreme of either is a fault. If one plays 
so rashly as to put less than half in court, of 
course he loses; but so also does the man lose 
who tries to make every play as safe as pos- 
sible. 

If a man is playing very moderately he may 
possibly play 95 per cent, into court. If play- 
ing recklessly, he could drive them all out of 
court, but unless he plays at least 50 per cent, 
into court he cannot possibly win. 

The application of this newly stated theory 
is that 

In Order to Win^ a Player Must Select 
That Degree of Moderation or Rashness 
Which Enables Him to Place in Court a 
Percentage of Plays Large Enough to Win 
IN Spite of the Percentage Which Comb 
Back. 



Spalding's Athletic Library 41 

To illustrate: 

If you are playing carefully from the back 
line and getting 90 per cent, in court, yom will 
lose if your adversary is playing more than 90 
per cent, into court and so you must change to 
something else. 

If you increase your rashness in speed and 
twist and close placement until only 80 per 
cent, of your plays are going into court, the 
question of continuing that degree of rashness 
depends on whether more or less than 80 per 
cent, of your adversary's plays are going into 
court. 

If you try TO per cent., then are 70 per cent, 
of your adversary's plays going into court? If 
60 per cent., are 60 per cent, of his in court? 
You, of course, cannot use a very small margin 
over 50 per cent, unless in playing "kills'' or 
smashes which are so fierce that they cannot 
possibly come back. 

It might be that you could win at either of 
two different percentages, and, of course, you 
would take the more successful of the two. 

Brookes, Wilding and Dixon in international 



42 Spalding's Athletic Library 

play exhibited a degree of care approximating: 
90 per cent, of plays in court and W. A. Larned 
was probably only a little less accurate. 
McLoughlin^s accuracy is probably between 
70 per cent, and 80 per cent., and Williams'^ 
accuracy (?) is probably between 60 per cent. 
and 70 per cent. But Williams makes up in 
fierce rashness what he lacks in accuracy, so 
that on his moderately accurate days he be- 
comes formidable. He drives every shot with 
practically all possible speed, some top-spin 
and all possible fineness of placement. It is 
not known whether he could play a slow, safe 
game or not, for no one ever saw him try. In a 
general way the slow, safe player is as apt to 
win against the extremely reckless players as 
he is against his own style of play, for he wins 
not on his own good plays, but on his adver- 
sary's errors. Some men like W. A. Larned 
(in his prime) are masters both of the reckless 
and also of the careful style. Williams appar- 
ently knows only the fierce style. McLoughlin 
originally played only the fierce attack, but 
later sought to master careful accuracy. When 



Spalding's Athletic Library 43 

the Pacific Coast players encounter Eastern 
adversaries, they employ usually fierce rash- 
ness against moderate accuracy. But con- 
spicuous exceptions among the Easterners are 
Williams and Behr. 

Some players have a particular degree of 
rashness in their play, no matter whether their 
adversary is playing rashly or moderately. 
Others accommodate either in whole or in part 
their degree of rashness or moderation to make 
it correspond (or nearly correspond) to their 
opponent of the moment. Many, possibly most 
players, have an established habit in this re- 
spect which they do not vary. But the only 
sensible way is to try out one or tioo different 
degrees of rashness and one or two different de- 
grees of moderation {giving three or four, or 
possibly five, different degrees of fierceness of 
style) to find which is the most successful one 
against your adversary of the moment, and 
then persist in that style so long a^ it remains 
successful. 

This is the reasoning underneath the situa- 
tion when it is desirable tottry out some change 



44 Spalding's Athletic Library 

in style to avert defeat, and you hear a player 
in doubles say to his partner "try playing them 
harder," or else hear him say, "try them slowly 
and carefully." 

It is not the style of play as to rashness or 
moderation on the part of your adversary 
which determines the style of play on your 
part which will defeat him. It may be that he 
is a reckless player. From that fact you do 
not know whether your best chance of beating 
him is in playing recklessly or in a medium 
manner or most moderately, and the only way 
you can find out is by trying all three ways. 
If your adversary is a careful, moderate player, 
you have the same doubt until you test out 
whether reckless or medium or moderate style 
is required to defeat him. The same thing 
is true if your adversary possesses any par- 
ticular degree of rashness or moderation, or if 
he is classed exactly between the extremes. 
In any event you can only tell the degree of 
your own recklessness or moderation to em- 
ploy against any particular adversary by try- 
ing out the effect of all the degrees of rashness 



Spalding's Athletic Library 45 

and moderation you possess and selecting the 
one that works the best on him. This is prob- 
ably often the real method of those players 
who have the habit of losing the first few 
games or of losing the first set and then "after 
having felt their man out/' turn around and 
win the match. 

It is true that it often may be the other 
theory of selection of strokes, or the success 
of superior stamina, but probably a majority 
of close matches are decided by the accidental 
or intentional following of, or refusal to fol- 
low, this theory of testing out and thereafter 
following the most serviceable degree of your 
rashness or moderation against that particular 
opponent. 

The trying out, testing or proving of differ- 
ent degrees of rashness is not at variance with 
the advice above given regarding pressing and 
under-play. Strictly speaking, that degree of 
rashness which in that particular match has 
proved the most effective, is the standard by 
which pressing and under-play in that match 
are to be determined. Any play more rash 



46 Spalding's Athletic Library 

than the proved effective degree, is pressing, 
and any play more moderate than the proved 
effective degree, is under-play. The particular 
j)roved standard will change in each new 
match. The fact of pressing above, or under- 
play below, this changing, proved standard, 
will exist the same, whether you take the 
trouble to ascertain it or not, and the mere fact 
of your refusal to ascertain the facts and to 
understand the reasons will not exempt you 
from such damages as follow from pressing and 
from under-play. 



Spalding's Athletic Library 47 



THE FINAL ERROR 

The Error of Failing to Examine Your Own 

Play at Stated Intervals to Discover 

AND Correct These Common Faults. 

Possibly some may be "born great' ^ tennis 
players, but most of them "achieve'' the qual- 
ity through as much mental as physical effort 
(and I have never known of the greatness be- 
ing "thrust upon'' any). 

The average player is much below the ability 
which he might readily achieve, 

Not so much because he cannot understand 
liis faults, 

Nor even because he does not know of the 
existence of such faults (in others) (for he 
usually knows of such faults), 

As it is, because he fails to examine his own 
play in a search for faults with a view to cor- 
recting them. 

The inferiority of players who stand below 
the average (if not due to the physical inability 



48 Spalding's Athletic Library 

to execute any shot properly) is usually due 
not merely to one error, nor to a few errors, 
but rather is due to the combination of a con- 
siderable number of the foregoing thirty-four 
errors. It is due to the "tout ensemble" 
(which has been "Yankeeized" into the 
"demned total") of many known simple mis- 
takes. 

If you are not in the habit of periodically 
examining your play for errors, then "get 
busy" and check up against your play the 
thirty-four items enumerated. 



What is New in Tennis 

To the uninitiated this heading might be considered an anomaly 
owing to the fact that with the improvements of last season tne 
Spalding line of tennis rackets and accessories for the court provided 
everything that the enthusiast could ^sli for an.d the broad choice and 
grade of prices placed the outfit within the reach of every purse. But, 
again this year, gathering our knowledge of the various desires of our 
lawn tennis customers from all parts of the United States, through 
our branch stores, we have filled in their wants, and. not only that, 
but have increased the efficiency, workmanship and durability of our 
standard line. 

Confidpnce in oneself is the first essential of success, and in this era 
of "preparedness," the confidence of the player in his implement is' an 
element that forms no unimportant part in his individual victory or 
vanquishment. 

Although introduced last year after the full line of rackets for the 
season had been placed upon the market, the instantaneous recognition 
of its merits made the "Autograph" — the first of its kind — a real 
sensation. Players who had heretofore thought the limit had been 
reached in expert implements were loud in their praises of the new 
"Autograph." In every way it seemed to fulfill all requirements that 
could be possibly expected. 

This year, however, we have gone further into the refinements of 
manufacture, and the "Original Autograph" racket will vary slightly 
from its predecessor, these variations being made to supply the 
demands from players whose methods of play necessitate such changes. 
Although, as before noted, the three types of the "Original Auto- 
graph" are only a slight digression, from each other, the general style 
is identical, excepting that the frames of two of the models will be 
beveled, while the third will be entirely unbeveled. 

Model AA will be the full heavy frame (unbeveled) for hard hitters. 
The player who desires a racket which will stand up and permit him 
to vent all his surplus energy in hitting the ball and not be afraid of 
a "debacle," as the French say, in justice to himself should own one. 

The beveled frames, No. AB (with slight bevel) and No, AC (special 
shaped bevel), are equally as good as the No. AA, but "springier," if 
such an expression may be permiitted. To the player who "follows 
through" his stroke with the "golfer's swing," the added jump given 
to the ball is plainly noticeable. 

Three sizes of handles are m^ade in the "Original Autograph" racket 
— 5, 5% and 5% inches. The stringing is of the hif^'.est grade of 
lamb's gut, and the work is done by the most expert stringers in the 
Spalding factory. The reinforcement of rawhide, both inside the 
"bow" and outside the "shoulders," running down into the all-cedar 
handle, just about doubles in strength the weakest point in the frame 



of a racket. The handsome finish and polish, aside from the mechaii- 
Ical part of the racket itself, will easily explalnr our enthusiasm for 
the "Original Autograph." which in beauty, workmanship and strength 
cannot be surpassed. The price on any of these models is the same, 
$10.00 each. 

It is worth while to state here, while on. the subject of rackets, that 
a racket requires just as much attention as any other article of which 
nse is expected and accuracy required. While athletic implements in 
general are subjected to "cruel and unusual punishmient," and manu- 
facturers try to anticipate and allow for such usage, nevertheless an 
implement, the most important part of which is composed of delicate 
strands extremely susceptible to atmospheric conditions, should have 
at least reasonable treatment. A racket that i*' thrown on the grass, 
left out all night, played with during wet weather or at the seashore, 
without proper gut treatment, does not come within the guarantee, as 
any fair-minded person will realize. At the conclusion of play a 
racket should be rubbed dry and when not in use should be covered 
with a waterproof cover and placed in a press. The gut stringing 
should be occasionally gone over with Spalding Tennis Gut Preserva- 
tive, and especially at the seashore this compound should be used on 
a racket. 

T\Taile a recital of the fine points of the "Originial Autograph" racket 
has probably led us farther in space than contemplated, still the old 
reliable "Gold Medal" line, which was the ne plus ultra of racket 
making for so long a period, cannot be forgotten. Among the models 
embraced in this .$8.00 series, ev.en the most exacting and critical 
player should be able to find a type that is satisfactory. And in the 
general imiprovement of manufacturing, these rackets have not been 
overlooked. Though the actual shapes have not been changed, they 
have been improved with rawhide strengthening and supports. Model 
B has been bound at the shoulders with light gut ; Models GMH, GML 
and GMS are reinforced with rawhide. Model P ("All Comers") and 
the old reliable OGM ("Hackett and Alexander") have been left 
unchanged, with the exception of the binding of the shoulders with 
light gut, in the case of the latter. 

An innovation this season is the addition of two $6.00' models, the 
"Domino" and the "Eclat," which will be second only to the "Gold 
Medal" models. 

Excellent rackets, ones that were championship class only a few 
years ago, are Models GX, DH and EH, which sell at $5.00, while 
the "Tournament," at .$4.00; the "Slocum." at .$3.50; the "Nassau" 
and the "Lakeside," at .$3.00 each; "Oval," $2.50; "Greenwood, 
$2.00 ; "Geneva," $1.50, and "Favorite," $1.25, are all representative 
of Spalding quality at their respective prices. 

G D D 

Again the Spalding Championship Hard Court ball has been un^anl- 
mously adopted by the United States National Lawr. Tennis Asso- 



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No. GMB. The success we have met with in putting out this racket, 
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Black throat piece; shoulders gut bound. Best. gut stringing, 
handles, 5,5^ and 5K in. circumference. Without Cover. 

Spalding "AH Comers'" Racket 

Reg. U. S. Pat. Off; Feb. 20. 1912. Patented January 3. 1903 ; June 12. 1906 

17o GMF. Built for hard, continuous play. Most dependable style for 
tournament use. New model, with large frame. Walnut throat piece; 
shoulders gut wrapped and with special side reinforcement of rawhide. 
.Stringing is double in the central portion, in the latest expert style. Four- 
.ided handles, 5, 5 ^and 5 Vs inches in circumference. Stringing of clearest 
and absolutely best quality gut. Without Cover Each, ?8.00 



Four-sided 
Each, $8.00 




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SPALDING "FAMOUS MODEL" RACKETS 

They are replicas of those used b v some of the greatest players in England and United States, with tho^ 

addition of special features of our invention which make them far ahead of anything on the market 

except the Spalding Rackets AA, AB, AC, GMB, GMS, GMF, GML, OGM and GMH. Frames of 

finest white ash. highly polished, combed Spanish cedar handle, leather capped. 




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No. DH 



Spalding "Domino" Model DD. Depressed walnut throat, 
Tvith rawhide reinforcement inside and outside. Double string- 
ing in central portion. Gut wound shoulders. Selected gut 
stringing. Four-sided handle. . . . .' . . . Each, $6.00 
Spalding "Eclat" Model EE. Depressed walnut throat, rawhide 
reinforcement outside. Gut wrapped shoulders. Double stringing 
in central portion. Selected gut stringing. Four-sided handle. $6.00 
Model GX, Gold medal shape. Stringing of best gut, is double in 
the central portion in the popular expert style. .... Each. $5.00 
Model DH. Hand made throughout; best selected gut stringing. Modeled 
after style racket used exclu.sively by two English players who were world's 
champions. Double stringing in central portion of racket. . Each, $5.00 
Model EH. Depressed walnut throat, with dogwood reinforcement. Selected 
gut stringing. Shoulders wrapped with vellum and gut. Recommended except 
for championship tournament play t,«».»^**«.*. Each, $5.00 




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Spalding 
Tennis Rackets 

GUARANTEE 

We guarantee Lawn Tennit 
Rackets for a period of 30 days 
from date of purchase by the 
user. The Guarantee Tag at- 
tached to each Spalding Lawn 
Tennis Racket reads as followp: 
If this Racket proves defective 
in workmanship or material 
within 30 days from date of pur-, 
chase, please return, transporta- 
tion charges prepaid, to any 
Spalding Store, and the defect 
will be rectified. Imperfectly 
strung Rackets will be restrung, 
and in the event of a broken 
due to workmanship or 
defective material, the Racket 
will be replaced. 
Notice. — This Guarantee doea 
not apply to Rackets weighing 
less than 13 ounces. 

We urge that at conclusion of 
play Racket be rubbed dry, and 
when not in use be covered with 
Waterproof Cover, placed in a 
Racket Press, and gut occasion- 
ally gone over with Spald' 
(Tennis Gut Preservative. 
KEEP YOUR RACKET \N'] 
\ DRY PLACE in ' 
press, otherwise th 
Guarantee is void. 



rJo. 11. Th«* Tournament. Taped shoulders; strung 
with good quality gut. This model has been famous 
with some of the most successful players for 
yea,rs past. The special depressed throat piece with 
which we are making it now, we introduced originaJly 
in our No. OGM Hackett and Alexander model. 
Extra stringinp- in central portion. (Reg. U. S. Pat. 
Off.) ..,_.., Each, $4.00 

No. 8. The Slocum. Oval shape, good quality frame, 
strung with special gut; double in the central portion. 
A Very superior racket at a moderate price. (Pat- 
tented Jan. 3, 190r).) ...... Each. $3.50 

No. 5. The Lakeside. Imprpved style. Frame of 
finest selected white ash, highly polished, with comb- 
ed Spanish cedar handle, leather capped. Stringing 
double in central portion of good quality gut. (Pat- 
ented Jan. 3, 1905.) ....... Each, $3.00 

No. 6. The Nassau. Depressed throat. Frame of 
white ash, highly polished with combed Spanish cedar 
handle, leather Capped. Stringing of good quality 
gut. (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) . , . Each. $3.00, 




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Spalding 
Trade-Mark Tennis Rackets 

FOLLOWING IS IMPORTANT 
TO THE PURCHASER 
It is not our purpose to re- 
strict our very broad guarantee 
in an arbitrary or unfair manner, 
but as manufacturers we are 
compelled to draw the line 
against claims that are made 
where stringing has broken or 
rames have gone out of shape 
hrough abuse or careless hand- 
ing. A racket that is thrown on 
the grass, left out all night, play- 
ed with during wet weather or at 
the seashore, without proper gut 
!atment. does not come within 
_..y guarantee, asany fairminded 
person will realize. At the conclu- 
sion of play a racket should be 
rubbed dry. and when not in use 
it should be covered with a 
waterproof cover and placed in a 
press. The gut stringing of a 
racket should occasionally be 
Eone over with Spalding 
Tennis Gut Preservative. 
Always use gut pre-, 
servative on a racket 
you are playing 
with at the 
seashore. 



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No. 7. The Oval. Oval shape with extra stringing m 
central portion; good quality gut. (Patented Jan. 3, 
1905.) Each, $2.50 

No. 4. The Greenwood. Frame of white ash with 
combed Spanish cedar handle. Stringing of good 
quality gut. (Patented Jan. 3, 1905.) Each, $2.00 

No. 3. The Geneva. A well-made racket. Frame of 
white ash with combed cedar handle. Strung with 
good quality gut • Each, $1.50 

No. 2. The Favorite. An excellent racket for the 
money. Frame of ash with combed cedar handle. 
Good quaUty gut, - Each. $1.25 



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Spalding 
Hickory Tennis Rackets 

Made in the Spalding Tenni« 
Factory, Chicopee, Mass. 






^I gut strung and with walnut throat piece. Well finished; 

"properly shaped. Guaranteed against ordinary defects in 

material and workmanship. Made of well-seasoned hickory, 

not of white ash as in oiu: other rackets. 

No. HX. Champion. Full size. Regular style stringing. Each, $2.00 

No. HW. Leader. Good size. Double strung center. Each, $1.50 

No. HS. Junior. Slightly under full size. Regular stringing. Each, $1.00 

No. HR. Middy. Medium size. Regular style stringing. Each, 75c. 

No. HK. Midget. Small size. Gut strung. -. Each, 50<?. 

_ We urgfe that at the conclusion of play the Racket be rubbed dry, and when 

No. HR not in use be covered with a Waterproof Cover, placed in a Racket Press, and 
the Gut occasionally gone over with Spalding Tennis Gut Preservative. 




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Spalding Racket Covers 




TSlo. X. HeaJ cover only, rubber fabric; , . Each, 25c 
No. O. Brown and mixed colored canveis cover, full size. 

Each, 35c. 
No. IP Soft felt cover, full size. Ball pocket. " 50c 

No. 2P. Waterproof sateen twill. Ball pocket. " 75c 
No. GMP. Good quality, assorted colors and materials. 

Ball pocket. . . , ., r . . . . . . Each. $1.00 

No. 14P Canvas cover, neatly bound, with extra pocket 

to hold balls .. / , .. ,. ;; . Each. $1.00 

No. 14D. Olive twill for two rackets. Flap back and 

front. Ball pocket. . . . . .i , -.. . ,. Each, $2.00 

No. 16. Well finished sheepskin, neatly bopnd. A very 

attractive cover. . r ., ., » . .> z . ; ..\Each^$2.00 
No. 5. Stiff leather, for one racket. . ;., « * " 7.00 
fJo. 7. Stiff leather, for two rackets. . "* " 8.00 

English Leather Tennis Bag 





No. 12. Made of special quality leather and with compart- 
ments to hold rackets, balls and suit.. . ^. Each, $12.00' 

Rackets Restrung 

We make a 
tpecialty of 
restringing 
rackets of 

every known make. The work is done 
by our most scientific stringers, and 
but first quality gu t is used . When send- 
ing rackets to us to be restrung be sure to prepay charges on 
the package and mark with your name and address. Write us 
under separate cover full particulars regarding restrmging. 
No. 1. Good quality Gut, White only. ., » Each, $1.00 
No. 2. Superior quality Gut, White only, t " 
No. 3. Best quality Gut, White only. •. ., . *' 
No. 4. Special Expert Stringing, White only. " 

Spalding Lawn Tennis Score Books 

Official Lawn Tennis Score Book, paper cover, 16 sets. 
Extra Tennis Score Cards. 4 sets. .• « » i Dozen. 



Spalding Racket Presses 

The most effective style presses 

in use to-day Rackets should 

be kept in press when not m 

use to prevent warping, espe- 

cisJly when exposed to mois- 
ture or used at the seashore. 

No. OR. For one racket. Steel 
screws . i . Each, 50c. 

No. 2R. For one racket 
Nicely finished Each. $1.00 

No. 5R. For one or two 
rackets. Finely polished 
walnut with brass fittings. 
Each, $2.50 

No. 1 5R. For six rackets 
Brass fittmgs, heavy con- 
struction, special well finished walnut, 



Spalding 
"Club" Racket Press 

Invaluable for 
Clubs Conducting Tournaments 




No. SR 

. . Each, $5.00 




No. C-P. This is a most substantial affair and is arranged 
for any number of rackets up to 24. The proper thing 
for clubs -where it is necessary to keep a number of 
rackets in proper shape all the time. fe. » Each, $25.00, 

Rubber Handle Cover 



No. '3. For covering' racket handles to secure a better grip. 
Rubber special surface. . . ., , . -.' i? . > ELach, 75c. 

Seccomb Grip Winder 

No, S. Rubber fabric, to wind around racket handle. Ela., 15c. 

Rubber Adhesive Tape Handle Grip 
for Racket 

No. AD. Made especially for this purpose, I mch wide. 
Piece 4 feet long in individual box, «> » . Each, lOc 

Spalding Tennis Gut Preservative 

Apply immediately after playing, as it takes a little time to 
dry thoroughly Two-ounce bottle of special quality preserv. 
ative, complete with good brush in boxw .> . Bcftle. 25c 

Spalding Sweat Band 

No. 1. Useful for players who are 
obliged to wear eyeglasses and who 
are troubled in play with perspiration 
dropping on them and blurring the 
vision. ........ Each. 50c 

No. SB. Complete with green lined 
visor. J ! . , > J , Each. 7Sc, 




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SPALDING TENNIS POSTS t 

Spalding "Championship" Tennis Posts 

In use on the courts of the most prominenl clubs in this country 
Uprights of heavy 2-inch japanned steel tubing, go 24 inches into ground and 
each equipped with wheel at lop Ratchet for tightening net has a partic- 
ularly strong leverage. 

Triple claw clutches, made of heavy wrought iron, hold posts firm with no shift 

ing or shaking and the tighter the net is drawn the mdre rigid the posts become 

No. A. Pair. $20.00 



Without the triple claw clutches, but othe 

"-"osts This is the style used on the best c 

No AN. Pai 




vise same as No. A "CKampionship" 
ncrete courts, especially in California 
$15.00 



Spalding "Anchored" Steel Tennis Post* 

Posts of galvanized steel lubing, 2 'A inches 
in diameter, are held securely in place by an. 
chor stakes driven through sockets on the 
sides of the posts. The most reliable and 
rigid method of fastening upright posts per. 
manently that has ever been brought to our at- 
tention One post fitted with tightening ratchet. 
No. AP Pair. $12.00 

Spalding "Tournament" Tennis Posts 

These posts are htted with a tightening 
arrangement that is business-like and 
effective in the extreme . no doubt about 
the top rope being taut when the arm 
drops into the slot A new principle has 
been utilized also in the cutting end and 
the angle brace to hold the posts abso. 
lutely rigid Heavy black enamel finish 
throughout 

No AA. Pair. $10.00 

Spalding "Club" Tennis Posts 

est quality 2 3^^ -inch square ash, nicely 
polished and varnished. I£quipped with 
japanned braces and extend 30 inches 
into the ground. Extra heavy brass 
ratchet is made after an English design, 
and is the same as supplied by oui 
London House to some of the best dubs 
in Great Britain 

No. B. Pair. $10.00 



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Spalding Tennis Posts 



Well 



No, AA 



made posts of Japanned, iron 
piping, fitted with spade shaped bot- 
toms into which the posts are inserted, 
leaving no obstructions when removed Well con 
structed reel on one post in each pair 
No XI Pair. $7.50 

Spalding "Ca»ino" Tennis Posts 

Heavy square wood posts, painted red and nicely varnished 

and striped Wheel at top of each post and reel attached 

to one post Extra heavy japanned iron brackets to 

steady posts, which extend 30 inches into the ground 

No C Pair. $7.50 




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Spalding Tennis Posts 

No. DR. Square posts of wood, handsomely painted Wheel at 
top of each post and reel fastened to one post; japanned iron 
bracket braces to steady posts, which extend 24 inches into th* 
ground. .,..,.«.-,.,.,. Pair. $6.00 

Spalding Tennis Poles 

No. E. Finely polished, solid, spiked. Complete, guy ropes and 
patented pegs (patented December 8; 1914). . . . Pair, $2.00 
No. FX. New design, nicely painted. Complete, with guy ropes 
and special iron pegs (patented December $, 1914). Pair, $1.50 

Spalding Indoor Tennis Posts 

No. iD. Heavy castings used for bases of these posts are suffi- 
ciently weighty to hold them secure without fastening to fl- 
For use particularly in armories and halU where, the floors must 
be kept in perfect, condition; « s « # ♦ » »^. Pair, $10.00 



Spalding "Side-Line' 



Tennis Posts 

No. SL. To put net at the proper height for a single court game 
without taking down net or removing regular double court posts. 

Pair. 75c. 

Spalding Wood Backstop Post 

No.'BS. Backstop Post only, wooden. ...^_-\^ .. Each. $1.25 



No. DR No. E 

Pulleys and Axles 

T*iIo. O. Japanned pulleys, complete with 
axles, for top of tennis posts. Pair, 35c. 

Guy Ropes and Pegs for 
Tennis Nets 

No. IM. CottOa ropes, metal pegs 
fot tennis posts. , i> '. , Set. 50c. 
No. 3M. Cotton ropes wQth metal pegs 
ior backstops Set, $1.00 



Reels for Tennis Posts 

No. A. With this reel we furnish a 
ratchet tightenmg device of strongest 
possible construction and closest adjust- 
ment " Nothing better made for the pur- 
pose This IS the reel we furnish on 
our No. A tennis posts. Each, $6.00 

No. WG. Automatic locking reel, with- -^°- ^ 
out ratchet. Turned in either direction reel is locked at 
moment of release. No slacking; extremely durable. 
When ordering, mention whether to be used on wood or 

iron pbsts. Each, $5.00 

No. R. Regulation style, japanned finish, wooden handle. 

Each, $1.00 



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Spalding "Anchored" Backstops 

Method of fastening uprights in ground is similar to that employed 
with our No. AP Tennis Posts. This style of con- 
struction we consider the most practical of any 
for first-class tennis equipment. 

No> 41. 376 feet, 8 feet high, posts 8 feet apart, 
including comer posts and gates. Shipping weight «. 
3650 lbs $285.00^ ^ 



No. 401. Same as No 41. but 10 feel high, posts 
8 feet apart. Shipping weight 4050 lbs. $325.00 
For greater or less quantity than 376 feet of 10 Feet high >>J|i 
' add or deduct at the rate of 73c. per foot. 

No. 42. 160 feet, 8 feet high, posts 8 feet apart, including 
end and corner posts. Shipping weight. 1850 lbs. $140.00 
No. 402. Same as No. 42. but 10 feet high, posts 8 feet 
apart Shipping weight, 2050 lbs. ...... $160.00 




Prices for these sets of "Anchored " Back Stop equipment are on board cars New York City. Complete 

instructions for setting up ot these fences, also blue prints showing location of posts and all details, are 

furnished with each order. Any intelligent mechanic following these instructions can set the fence. We will, howe 

to do this work. our charge for which is $8.80 per day, or $1.10 per hour, and expenses (traveling an<^board) For two men- 




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Spalding "Championship" Tarred NeU— Hand Made 

For tournament play Furnished with extra heavy galvanized wire cable. Elxtra Heavy duck binding at top. 

No. lO-O. 42 ft. 6 in. X 3;^ ft.. 48 thread. Each. $15.00 No. 9-0. 42 ft. 6 in. x i% ft.. 30 thread. Each. $12.00 

No. 8-0. 33 h.x^% ft.. 30 thread Each. $10.00 

Spalding Tarred Nets, Hand Made; Bound with 10 oz. Duck at Top, with Galvanized Wire Cable 

No. 7-0. 42 ft. 6 in. X 3X ft.. 21 thread. Each, $10.00 No. 6-0. 33 ft. x 3)4: ft.. 21 thread. . . . Each. $9.00 

Spalding Black Twine Club Nets— Hand Made 
Dyed with f«»t coloring matter which adds to their durability. Bound at top with a double band of 8 9z. white duck. 2 inche* wide. 



,, _ ,, , . , , neary tarred maniJa rope» lop and bottom. 

No. 5.0. 42 ft. x3X ft.. 30 thread, single center. Each. $8.00 -• - -- 

No. 4-0. 36 ft. xil^ It.j 30 thread, single center. " 7.50 

Spalding Double Center Nets— Hand Made 
.. _ . , Double Twine Knitted Together from 20 to 26 Feet. White. 21 Thread. Double Court 

No. 3D. 42. ft X 3 ft., double center 26 feet Each. $6.50 No_2D. 36 ft x 3 ft., double center 20 feet Each. $6.00 

Spalding Canvas Bound Nets— Hand Made 
^^ .._ .-, ., NOT Double Center. Top bound with heavy 2.inch canvas strip 

No. 3B. Doub'e Court 42 ft. x 3 ft. 2 1 thread. white. Ea.. $5.00 No. 2B. Double Court. 36 ft. x 3 ft.. 2 1 thread.white. Ea.. $4.50 

Galvanized Steel Cable for Top Cords. — Full length ^^-inch galvanized steel cable, five strands of seven wires eachj 
twisted tightly With metal loop at each end and manila rope ends to fasten to post.. ~ 



No. 3-0. 42 h.■x.^}i ft., 2 1 thread, double center 26 ft. $8.00 
No. 2-0. 36 ft. X i% ft. 21 thread, double center 20 ft 7.50 



Each, $2.00 



Each. $3.25 
2.00 



Each. $1.25 



Spalding Machine Made Nets 

Top bound with heavy' 2-inch canvas strip. . (White) 
"No. 5A. Doub!eCourt42ft..2l thread, tarred. Each. $5.00 No. 21 A. Double Court 36 ft., 21 thread. 

No. 4A. Poubl© Court, 42 ft., 21 thread. " 3.50 No. 3 A. Double Court 42 ft^ 15 thread. 

No. 2A. Double Court 36 ft.. 15 thread. Each. $1.75 
Top and bottom bound with heavy cotton rope. (White) 
No. 3. Double Court, 42 ft.. 15 thread. Each. $1.50 No. 2. Double Court. 36 ft. 15 thread. , 

No. 1. Single Court 27 ft.. 12 thread. Each. $1.00 
Spalding Twine Nets for Backstops— Machine Made 
No. 4. White, 50 feet long. 7 feet high, 9 thread. Each. $2.50 No. 5. White. 50 feet long. 8 feet high. 12 thread: Ea.. $3.50 

No. 5X. Tarred. 50 feet long. 8 feet high, 1 2 thread. Each, $4.00 
Canvas Center Straps for Holding Center of Net at Regulation Height 
'No.-2>0. Does not chafe net and cannot possibly cause the ball to glance off and strike out of court. Each. $1.00 

No. 3-0. Tournament Pattern, same as No. 2-0, except fitted with a turnbuckle, with which height of net can be 

adjusted to a hair. ^ ,..'.. t ........ y. . , Each, $1.25 

iron Center Forks— No. 2. Good quality iron fork. Each. $1.00 



Spalding "Eureka" Wet Tennis Markers 

Patented July 27. 1909 

For grass or clay courts. Uses liquid water slaked lime. 

Makes clear cut line. No brumes to clog and wear Simple 

to operate. Flow of liquid uAder itistant control. 

No. 11. Vertical: small tank. ^ .. . . , Each. $10.00 
Mo. 26. Horizontal; for club use; large tank: " 20.00 

Spalding Improved "Wet Spray" Tennis Marker 

For Grew CourU Only 
No. X. Simple, but effective. Flow of liquid under instant 
control from handle. Makes an even line of uniform width. 
No ribbon; liquid flows directly on wheel. E^ch, $7.50 

Spalding Dry Tennis Markers 

For Dirt Court* Only 

No. 3. No mixing of material. Uses marble dust and slaked 

lime, etc Made substantially of iron, nicely japanned 

The best dry tennis marker made. . . . E^ch, $2.00 

No. 2. Same as No. 3, but smaller size and lighter 

material. «««j49«a^.«-4er Each, $1.00 

Spalding Portable Marking Tapes 

No 3. For Single Court 100 staples and pins. Set $3.50 
No. 4. For Double Court 2(X) staples and 14 pins " 4.00 
No. 6. For Double CouVt. extra quality canvas, complete 
with 200 staples and 14 pins. . .. . , i . Set $6.00 
No.S. Extra Staples. ..,....,, . Per 100. .50 



Spalding Marking Plate* 

For permanently marking angles of court. Malleable iron. 

painted white. Set consists of eight corner and two T pieces. 

No. 1. With separate pins. . . , ji . .. . Set $1.00 

No. 2. With wedge pins attached, ,. , . ., " 1.50 
Spalding " Newport " Scoring Tree 

No. N. Most useful scoring device. Practically indispensable 
for any club conducting important tournaments. Substan- 
tial and complete with everything necessary for announc- 
ing progress of games and sets. , . Complete, $25.00 

Spalding "Umpire" Chair 

No. 1. Same style as used at Newport and at all important 
tournaments. Complete with awning. Each, $20.00 

Spalding Tethor Tennis .Game 

No. 1. Tether Tennis Ball and Cord (regular tennis ball 

with twine knitted cover). ., .«• ^ <d »■ a Each. $1.00 
No. 2. Tether Pole, 14 feet , . * ; , " 1.75 
No. TP. Tether Pole, 12 feel above ground. Galvanized 

steel pole. Made specially for playground use. Ea^ $10.00 
No. 5. Marking Ropes for circle and dividing line, with 

staples. . ^. .',•.....».., . Set $1.00 
Spalding " Pat«nt Angle" Steel Measuring Tapes 

Especially adapted for laying out tennis courts and all kinds 
of athletic fields. With this tape one person can easily 
secure accurate right angles, yet the tape is equal to any 
other for straight measuring also. Enclosed in hard leather 
case, flush handles with patent automatic handle opener; 
all mountings nickel-plated. Accuracy guaranteed. 
No. A. 50 feet Each, $4.00 No. B. 100 feet Each. $6.75 



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without notice. For 



special Canadian Catalogue. 




No.3-A. Machine Made Net. Each, $2.00. Showing also No. C Posts 



No. 3. Dry Marker 
Each, $2.00 




^ No. 3-D. Double Center Net. (Hand Made). Each, $6.50 
Showing also No. A Posts and No. 3-0 Center Strap 





No.X. Marker 
Each. $7.50 



No. 3-0. Center Strap. 
Each $1.25 



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No. 6. Marking Tape 
Set, $6.00 



Mo. 1. Umpires' Chair 
Each, $20.00 







Scoring Tree 
__ No.N. Complete, $25.0Q 

No. 1 No. 2 M A »/f • T 

Set, $1.00 Set $1.50 No. A. Measurmg Tape 
Marking Plates =-»<="' ^'^•OO 



No. 26. Eureka Marker 
Each, $20.00 



A. G.SPALDING & BROS 

STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES 



PROMPT AHENTION GIVEN TO 

km COMMUNICATIONS 
iODRESSEOTOUS 



Price! io effect January 5. 1916. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian price* «ee tpedaJ Canadian Catal^e;. 




ACCEPT NO 



THE SPALDING((^))TRADEMARK ''Zi^'l' 




SPALDING 

LAWN TENNIS 

SHOES 



No. BBH High cut. black, finest quality kangaroo uppers, 
special quality white oak soles and spring heels, with 
official approved blunt spikes in soles and heels Sewed 
welt. Ideal shoes foi tennis on turf courta Used by 
champion tennis players. . ? . ^ . , » Pair, $6.00 

No CH High cut. best white canvas, fine quality red 
rubber flat soles Sewed welt. . . ... Pair. $4.50 

No. CS. Low cut best. white canvas, fine quality white 
oak soles, with blunt spikes. Good for either tennis or 
cricket ^ , Pair. $4.00 

No. C. Low cut, best white canvas, fine' quality red rubber 
flat soles. Excellent yachting shoes. . . . Pair $3.50 

No. BC. High cut, best white canvas, laced very low 
Perforated red rubber soles. Also good for golf or 
yachting '....... Pair. $3.50 



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No AH High cut. tan calf, with best red rubber flat 
soles. Sewed welt and absolutely best grade material 
throughout. ...,,<...,.,. Pair $6.00 

Our Sprinting Basket Ball Shoes, No. BBS, witK extra heavy rubber 
soles, are excellent also for lawn tennis. 

No A. Low cut. taft calf, with best red rubbei flat soles 
Sewed welt. Quality same as No AH, Pair $5 50 

No D. Low cut, white canvas, red rubber flat sole* 
Supplied in C. D. and E widths only. No special orders 
These shoes are not guaranteed. . , , . Pair. $1.50 



We resole Spalding Rubber Soled Tennis, Golf and Squash Shoes. The work is done in the Spalding Shoe Factory, 
where the shoes are made. Thi» is a convenience that other manufacturers are unable to offer. 



PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO 

ANY COMMUNICATIONS 

AODHESSED TO US 



A. G.SPALDING & BROS. 

STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES 



I FOR COMPLETE LIST OF STORES 

SEE INSIDE FRONT COYER 

OF THIS BOO! 



Prices i 



effect January 5, 1916. Subject to change without notice. For Canadian prices see special Canadima C«l»laf««. 



STANDARD QUALITY 

Vl currency, because it mo*, legalFy contain a specific proportion of pure gold, and the fact of its »>«"'g;^»"«« " 
iarcnUed by the Governmcnt^Stamp thereon. As a protection to the users of th.s -""^"^^ ff ^'"5' '=°""'^'{f "•"« ^J 
Sther tricU considerable money is expended in maintaining a secret Service Bureau of Experts U"'*" »'»« f^^' *^''»^!" . 
manufacturers must depend to a great extent upon Trade-Marks and similar devices to protect themselve, agamst coun- 
terfeit products— without the aid of "Government Detectives or "Public Opinion to assist them. 

Con^quently the "Consumer-s Protection" against misrepresentation and "inferior quality reste entirely upon the 

'"T^staldrnT^'S-lve! byTi^Srous attention to "Quality" for forty years caused their Trade-Mark to 
become known throughout the world as a Guarantee of Quality as dependable in their fie d as the US. Cu"ency is m its field 

The necessity of upholding the guarantee of the Spalding Trade-Mark and maintaining the Standard Quality of their 
Athletic Goods, is, therefore, as obvious as is the necessity of the Government in maintaining a Standard Currency. , 

Thus each consumer is not only insuring himself but also protecting other consumers when he assists a Reliable 
Manufacturer in upholding his Trade-Mark and all that it stands for. Therefore, we urge all users of our Athletic 
G^ds to assist us'^in maintaining the Spalding Standard of Excellence, by ms.sting that °"' J^'l^-Ma^k be plam^^ 
stamped on all athletic goods which they buy. because without this precaution our best efforts towards maintaining 
Standard Quality and preventing fraudulent substitution will be ineffectual. . • r^. .^ 

Manufacturers of Standard Articles invariably suffer the reputation of being high-pnced. and this sentimisit is tosteiwl 
and emphasized by makers of "inferior goods," with whom low prices are the main consideration. 

A manufacturer of recognized Standard Goods, with a reputation to uphold and a guarantee to protect must neces, 
larily have higher prices than a manufacturer of cheap goods, whose idea of and basis of a claim for Standard Quality 
depend? prrincipally upon the eloquence of the salesman. ' -^^S^ ^ -^ ^ . ^ 

We know from experience that there is no quicksand more unstable ^^^,^^,-5^%2>J^^ j^^,^^.,- 
than poverty in quality-and we avoid this quicksand by Standard Quality. X^A^ <>^Ui>C^<^ )^(fUi^- 



STANDARD POLICY 

To market his goods through the jobber, a manufacturer must provide a profit for the jobber ^« Y«^'' ** \°^ '^f . '* '^^ 
d.alen To rneet these conditions of Dual Profits, the manufacturer is obliged to set a proportionately high list price on 

*"'iretble";heTb Xman. wh.n booking his orders, to figure out attractive profits to both '^e jobber and -^^^^^^^^ 
thesAigh list prices are absolutely essential: but their real purpose will have been served when the manufacturer ha. 
secured his order from the jobber, and the jobber has secured his order from the retailer. 

However, these deceptive high list prices are not fair to the consumer, who does no^ and. in reality, is not ever 

"^'whl'^hHetn i;"en's"or^thr«le of such goods, with their misleading but Alluring high list pnces. the.retailer 
begins to realize his responsibilities, and grapples with the situation as best he can. by offering "special discounts, which 

^'Tj^Ji iL^l^^tem^oTmerXndising. the profits to both the manufacturer and 'V.^^I.^d^^fer [n^tiabwFel'^^^^^^^^^^ 
no stability maintained in the prices to the consumer, the keen competition amongst the local dealers invariably leads toa 
.lemoralized cutting of prices by which the profits of the retailer are practically eliminated. 

This demoralization always reacU on the manufacturer. The jobber insists on lower, and still 1?^«'/ P"=«: J.^» 
manufacturer, in his turn, meets this demand (or the lowering of prices by the only way open to him. viz.: the chfcSpfenmg 

''"^teS,;^ £:5;Sbi^;^/::tSerable that,H7 years ago, in 1899. A.G. Spalding & Bros, determined to^gy 
this demorafization in the Athletic Goods Trade, and inaugurated what has since becoijj J"^^" ^/. ^^. ^r^^^^X^A^lx,, 
The "Spalding Policy" eliminates the jobber entirely, so far as Spalding Goods are concerned, and the retail dealer 
securS the^upply of Sp.lding Athletic Goods direct from the manufacturer by whicK the retail dealer ,, ^--ed a fa.j- 
I^gi^imate and certain Jrofit on all Spalding Athletic Goods, and the consumer is assured a Standard Quality and is 

'''m'"&Tdb7p£"^» decidedly for the interest and protection of the use^^ 



URST— Tl«eu»eri» a»»UTe<l of genuine Official Standard Athletic Goo«!«. ... .• .t 

second'- A. manufacturers we can proceed with confidence in purchasing at the proper tune, the Terr bejt raw 

matrriaU «iuired in the manufacture of our variou. goods, well ahead of their respecUve .eauna. «id thu enables ui to pro. 

^e the neceasary quantity and absolutely maintain the Spalding Standard of Quality. 



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All retail dealers handling Spalding Athletic Goods are requested to supply consumers at °^^'^ly^ll^'2^^^^^^f^^'tl 
prices-neither more nor less-the same prices that similar goods are sold for m our New York. Chicago and other storey 

All Spalding dealers, as well ks users of Spalding Athletic Goods, are treated exactly ahke. and no special rebate, or 
discriminations are allowed to anyone. .... f i •• f_, .u_ „..• 1 7 »..». ....1 w;ll 

This, briefly, is the "Spalding Policy." which has already been in successful opcraUon for the part 17 years, and wiU 
be indefinitely continued. . ... , , . 

In other words, "The Spalding Policy is a "square deal for everybody. 

A. a SPALDING & BROSw 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

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ATHI/ETIC* I/I 



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